From the third year of Hongwu to the fourteenth year of Hongwu, "the rule of Hongwu" has appeared and the people live in peace. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang began to implement the "Yellow Book System". Compared with the household posting system, the "yellow book" system has been further improved.
The so-called "yellow book" system needs to be implemented in coordination with the "Li Jia system", that is, Zhu Yuanzhang divided the people of the Ming Dynasty into three categories: the army, the people and the craftsmen, with each household as a "Li", each "Li" with 10 A, and each "Li" resident according to their place of origin. Because it was wrapped in yellow paper when it was sent to the household department, it was called yellow book.
Under the regulation of the yellow book system, the tax paid by each population in the village is equal, which greatly avoids the problem of tax concentration. Colleagues, if a family has problems, other families in the same "village" need to undertake the tax task of this family, thus ensuring the tax revenue of the court.
The yellow book system is the longest-lasting household registration system in Ming dynasty, and it is also the basis of imperial tax service, also known as the basic system of Ming economy.
The system from "home stickers" to "yellow books" is an obvious progress in social exploration in the Ming Dynasty, but it also has its limitations.
1. Geographical restrictions of household registration system in Ming Dynasty
2. Both "household stickers" and "yellow book" reflect the hierarchical differences of household registration system. In the Ming dynasty, both of them were subjects of the Ming dynasty, but their household registration status had obvious grades, which could be divided into four grades. The first is the imperial clan rank, the second is the official gentry rank, the third is the subaltern rank, and the fourth is the untouchable rank.
3. Hereditary principle of household registration system in Ming Dynasty.
Impact of implementation:
First, the household registration system in the Ming Dynasty is of positive significance for stabilizing the social environment in the early Ming Dynasty.
Second, the household registration system in the Ming Dynasty has certain positive significance for the rational distribution of the national population.
Third, the detailed household registration system in Ming Dynasty is the basic basis of national tax service.
Fourthly, the "Li Jia system" derived from the household registration system in the Ming Dynasty has a far-reaching impact on later generations.